Goalkeeper's glove with finger tip cap(s)

Abstract

A goalkeeper's glove, including inner and upper portions having respectively four inner and upper finger regions and inner and upper hand regions, each upper finger region being connected with a respective inner finger region along their lateral edges, with the outer end inner finger regions having, at a common free end thereof, a finger tip cap provided with an inner hat-shaped plastic compressible padding formed of a rubber material.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A goalkeeper's glove, comprising: an upper portion having four upper finger regions and an upper hand region; and   an inner portion having four inner finger regions and an inner hand region,   wherein each upper finger region is connected with a respective inner finger region along lateral edges thereof, and each upper finger region and each inner finger region form, respectively, together a common free end having a fingertip cap, and   wherein at least one fingertip cap is provided with a hat-shaped elastically compressible padding formed of one of a porous rubber material and a sponge rubber material, and wherein the padding has two side projections extending toward a hand region, each of the two side projections having a width corresponding substantially to a combined side width of the upper and inner finger regions, and a length exceeding the width thereof.   
     
     
       2. A goalkeeper's glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein all four finger tip caps are provided with a hat-shaped elastically compressible padding formed the one of a porous rubber material and sponge rubber material. 
     
     
       3. A goalkeeper's glove as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a thumb region provided at a free end thereof with a finger tip cap provided with a hat-shaped elastically compressible padding formed of the one of a porous rubber material and sponge rubber material. 
     
     
       4. A goalkeeper's glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein the padding is glued to the finger tip cap. 
     
     
       5. A goalkeeper's glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein the padding has, at an inner side of an associated finger region, a projection extending toward the hand region, the projection having a width corresponding to a width of the associated finger region and a length corresponding to a length of the associated finger region. 
     
     
       6. A goalkeeper's glove as set forth in claim 1, wherein an external dimension of the padding between the upper and inner portions of the glove narrows toward a free end of a finger region.